second-best

The second best method in problem solving is to find the humour in it.

解决问题的次好办法是发掘其中的幽默.

Liquidating collateral is clearly a second best source of repayment. Why?

抵押品显然并不是获得贷款偿还的最佳方法. 为什么?

Liquidating collateral is clearly a second best source of repayment.

处置抵押品显然并不是获得贷款偿还的最佳方法.

I couldn't afford the house I really wanted, so I had to settle for second best.

我真心想要的房子我买不起，所以只得退而求其次了。

I'm used to high quality and won't take second-best.

我用惯高质量的东西,差一点儿的都不行.

I like live music: for me, records are definitely second-best.

我喜欢现场演奏的音乐, 听唱片可没那麽好.

I liked the deluxe edition, but I could afford only a second best.

我喜欢精装版, 但我只买得起一本稍差一点的.

College-educated women typically see single motherhood as a distant second-best to marriage.

受过大学教育的妇女通常把做单身母亲看作是婚姻之外的的一种无奈选择.

There is so much variety that you never have to make do with second best.

物品种繁多,从来不必用二等品来凑合.

The two teams seemed evenly matched but Arsenal came off second best.

两支球队看似势均力敌，但阿森纳队最后还是输了。

Mark couldn't afford the best bicycle, so he bought a second best.

马克买不起最好的自行车, 所以他买了个二等品.

He refused to settle for anything that was second best.

他拒绝退而求其次。

[不可数名词]Sometimes you have to settle for (= be content with) second best .

有时候你只能退而求其次。

When they have to choose between quality and price, quality usually comes off second-best.

他们在质量和价格作取舍时, 往往要牺牲质量.

The second-best option is to adjust the scale at which your mesh is imported in the Import Settings for your individual mesh.

第二较好的选项是，针对个别网格导入时，在导入设置中来调节缩放。

But now , irratonaily, Emma felt second best.

现在, 艾玛感觉不如从前,还有点不合逻辑.

The newspaper called her debut album Under the Surface the second-best album of the decade.

该报把她的首张个人专辑《表面之下》评为十年最佳专辑第二位。

my second-best suit

我的第二好的一套衣服

He played Tony at darts but came off second best.

他同托尼玩掷镖,但输了.

Congestion tolls as well as the social welfare are closely related to the second-best network toll design, such as the tolled link, period and users etc.

拥挤费用的大小取决于次优方案的设计，包括收费的路段、时段以及对不同收入水平用户的收费政策等。

We polished and wore our second-best boots.

我们把自己次好的靴子擦亮后穿上了。

The challenger fought such a good match that the champion came off second best.

挑战者在比赛中打得非常出色,连冠军也被击败了.

a second-best solution

退而求其次的解决办法

...a messy, second-best solution...

一个复杂混乱的二流解决方案